Have you ever wondered why romance novels focus on falling in love? The title of the genre is literally romance, which can take place at any point in a successful or unsuccessful relationship, but we always seem to focus on the beginning.
But Sidney, you may say, that’s the best part! That’s when all the fluttery feelings are best! Why wouldn’t you want to read and write about that part?
Yeah.
Except no?
Read MoreThis is where I tell you that if you have flying fear or are traveling soon or just dislike really tasteless humor about plane crashes, you should hit the back button now. I sometimes deal with stress in weird, callous ways, often by offering terrifying facts or making inappropriate jokes about real issues, and if you're offended or freaked by that sort of thing, feel free to nope on out of here. Consider yourself duly warned.
Read MoreThis is going to be a packed month.
For one thing, we're moving at the end of June. We'll be heading back to Colorado, where my husband and I were both raised. This is both good news and bad--good because our families are there, and they mostly like us, and bad because moving sucks, especially when you're crossing a third of the country. Driving one of those big trucks while towing a car is basically my worst driving nightmare (I'm a nervous driver--too many accidents because of other peoples' mistakes. Teenage boys fiddling with the radio, I'm glaring at you.).
Read MoreJust to get business out of the way, my April 2017 release has a cover! And I love it! I sent it out with my November newsletter, and I've gotten some good feedback on it, and I'll be posting it here as well in the next few days.
Next, the Winter Wonderland Booklovers Giveaway starts today! Click the link below and scavenge for a chance to win gift cards while finding new authors. Apparently there's a lot of repeat scavengers, so it must be lots of fun. ;D
Read MoreOnly 20 days until Bad Judgment comes out!
I'm starting to get that excited feeling that usually only shows up in kids when they get a couple weeks out from Christmas. That's probably to be expected. I mean, first book and all. But still, it's both nice and sort of terrifying.
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